Ken Hitchcock

Ken Hitchcock
Kenneth S. Hitchcock, nicknamed "Hitch", is an NHL hockey coach and pro scout, currently coaching the St. Louis Blues. He has also served as head coach of the NHL's Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, and Columbus Blue Jackets. He coached the Stars to a Stanley Cup victory in 1999...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 December 1951
CityEdmonton, Canada
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That's a dangerous play in hockey when you're checking the player with the puck and he checks you. The checking player doesn't suspect that and he's not ready for it. I think you see a lot of injuries when that type of play happens.
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He was absolutely dominant, ... He controlled the tempo and played a wonderful hockey game. A lot of guys did.
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He's kind of an unsung hero on the hockey club. He just does his job and competes every night. You know what you're going to get when he comes to the rink.
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I think we were overwhelmed the first 10 minutes. That's my responsibility. We were embarrassed, embarrassed by the way we performed and embarrassed by the way we finished the hockey game.
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The game is on the line and we took two poor penalties in the third period. You can't do those things. It's unnecessary. That's the hockey game. We had tremendous effort by people, but we took two poor penalties.
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He has everyone in the National Hockey League surprised. We didn't expect him to be this physical or this dominating so early in the season,
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You don't want to start out next weekend trying to find your hockey game.
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It was a tough way to lose a hockey game, giving up a goal in the last 5 seconds when you're not in any real danger. That last one was a tough one.
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Our whole game was solid today. This is now the fourth game in a row where we had almost the same lineup. We haven?t been able to do that for four months. Now we are starting to have lines stay together for more than one game and some continuity is coming onto out hockey club.
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It was a really hard, really bizarre game.
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It's the nature of our season. We're in first place in one category. We lead the league in the unfortunate category of injuries.
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It's huge. He's a point-a-game guy, a big-time plus player.
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He has a sore groin. I saw him talking to the trainers so I pulled him out.
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That was a hard, bizarre game. It was really hard and it was really, really bizarre.